Marisa Frankie

Marisa Frankie grew up in Orange County, CA. Throughout her youth she did tons of community theatre and performed in a singing group at Encore which performed at Disneyland, Disney California Adventures and Knotts Berry Farm. She started taking commercial acting classes at her local community center at age 9 and eventually took classes at the Performer's Academy (Lake Forest, CA) in her pre-teen years where she picked up her first agent and studied with Jeff Celentano. After graduating high school she studied acting at the youth and adult program at Ivana Chubbuck in 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. The Chubbuck Studio maintains a focus on producing and nurturing working actors, writers, and directors in a rigorous professional environment. Marisa trains with Paolo Pagliacolo and Jen Krater at Krater Studios in Los Angeles, CA (2015-Present). Jen is proud of the community that she & Paolo have developed in Los Angeles at Krater Studios. She is proud to have helped book multiple actors into their first series regular roles, their first major role in a feature film as well as continuing to develop the careers of all her clients. Actor's who train with Paolo walk on set understanding the parameters of the medium and genre within which they will be working allowing them to give their best and fullest performance, while remaining spontaneous, free and in the moment. Marisa completed commercial classes part 1 and part 2 of Hey I Saw Your Commercial! with Mike Pointer. (2018) Vocally Marisa trained classical bel canto vocal technique with Jennylyn Chung for 5 years (2011-2016). Jennylyn performed with several prominent opera companies. The San Diego Opera, The Pacific Opera Project, The Pacific Lyric Association, The International Opera Institute and The Riverside Lyric Opera. Marisa studied with Rachel and Katy Riggs (2019-2020). Most distinguished and successful voice teachers in the business, their father Seth Riggs, creator of Speech Level Singing. This teaching and singing method has worked for many of the world's best singers. It's been studied by over 200 Grammy winners, including Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Cher, Tina Turner, Josh Groban, Barbara Streisand, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Julio Iglesias, Michael Bolton, Luther Vandross and Madonna. Marisa's vocal coach is Julie Garnyé (present). Julie Garnyé is an actress, singer, voiceover artist, writer and director. Career highlights include Grizabella (National Tour of the musical CATS), Aldonza (Man of La Mancha - PCPA Theatrefest) and her three appearances at The Hollywood Bowl, including Les Misérables, Chicago and Mamma Mia! Marisa Frankie completed an intensive 9-week musical theatre audition class with Carol Weiss (2017). Carol Weiss is an accomplished musical director, teacher, pianist and composer. She was music director for the ABC TV series General Hospital, vocal director for the Gershwin Trust's "Lady Be Good" cast album and a musical director at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Sacramento Music Circus, The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, South Bay CLO, Santa Monica CLO and many other theatres in Los Angeles. Joshua Finkel is her coach for musical theatre (present). Joshua starred on Broadway and in London as Molina in Kiss if the Spider Women opposite Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams (7 TONY Awards); then went on to win Scenie and Broadway World awards starring as Molina at the Alex Theater in Glendale and twice in India. Joshua received rave reviews as Thenardier " the Master of the House," in Les Miserables in the Original Los Angeles Production and then on the National Tour, He starred as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher opposite Hamish Linklater as Romeo to name a few.